Pulitzer Prize Awards

"The Exorcist" (director's cut) will be at the Naro Expanded Cinema in Norfolk for a special screening at 9:15 p.m. Friday. Here is a piece I wrote about "The Exorcist" as part of a collection of movie essays: “The Exorcist” (1973) is the story of a young girl who is possessed by a demon and the lengths to which her mother and two Catholic priests will go to save her. That’s the basic plot synopsis of William Friedkin’s film and William Peter Blatty’s novel. But they are about a lot more than that. I have always thought “The Exorcist,” at its most basic roots, is the story of Father Damian Karras...

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"The Exorcist" (director's cut) will be at the Naro Expanded Cinema in Norfolk for a special screening at 9:15 p.m. Friday. Here is a piece I wrote about "The Exorcist" as part of a collection of movie essays:
“The...

A century after the James Adams Floating Theatre presented its first performances in the waterfront hamlets of Hampton, Smithfield and Mathews, the sensational allure of the 132-foot-long traveling playhouse has mostly faded.
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Steven Millhauser, whose novel “Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer” won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, will appear at The College of William and Mary, 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2.
In this third installment of the Patrick Hayes...

Each season, thousands of theater-goers come out and support the hundreds of actors, musicians and those behind the scene who make possible community theater in our area.
Many of these amateur performers work all day and rehearse all evening to bring...

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UPDATED/CORRECTED Sept. 17Tonight's lecture on tattooing and author talk about "The Collection" by Pops and Kathy Maguire will take place at the Mariners' Museum main lobby, 100 Museum...

It's time for this month's new-release roundup. Once again, Hampton Roads authors offer enough topics and genres to make any bibliophile happy. Check out this month's offerings. Maybe you'll find one or two that pique your fancy.
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"The...

Glenn Proctor, the former executive editor at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, has published his first volume of poetry. "Kicking Bottles, News & Dust" represents "how I write and understand poetry," Proctor said in a news release.
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If you're a reader looking for an author/book event this week, you're in luck. From sports to history, fiction, poetry and more, this week's calendar is full of opportunities for readers and writers to meet and chat about the topics they love.
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“The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832” by historian Alan Taylor won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for history. The book, which examines the impact of runaway slaves from Virginia who fled to the British for protection and liberation, was...

Teddy Roosevelt died in 1919. Doris Kearns Goodwin was not born until 1943, but to hear her tell it, she spent the better part of seven years living with the legendary U.S. president.
That's how visceral the experience was for Goodwin as she wrote her...

April is Poetry Month, thanks to the designation by the Academy of American Poets. In honor of the first day of this annual homage to the spoken word, we're spotlighting collections by several local poets.
Award-winning poet and artist Carolyn...

Are you a really last-minute holiday shopper? Don't worry, books are still an option. The local Barnes & Noble stores are open until 6 p.m. today, and both Amazon and Barnes & Noble offer gift-giving options for online eBook purchases.
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When Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War historian James M. McPherson speaks, a lot of people listen.
That's because his award-winning books are not only scholarly in essence-- giving them a widely recognized authority -- but also singularly determined to...

In the days preceding the Civil War, when talk of war was heating up dinner conversations from North to South, and U.S. states and families were picking sides, Norfolk resident Navy Capt. David Glasgow Farragut had a tough decision to make: Stick with his...

The third Thursday of each month, the Peninsula Fine Arts Center (PFAC) hosts "Art after 5," a poetry reading/movie night. This month's reading will feature special guest Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Virginia's poet laureate from 2006 to 2008....

The Ferguson Center for the Arts Friday unveiled a set of shows stretching from August into May of next year. Big names include Lyle Lovett, Bela Fleck, Taj Mahal, Steve Miller Band, Blues Traveler, Kenny Loggins and Joan Jett.
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Last month I had an opportunity to see a master craftsman in action — a master in the writing world, that is. Jon Meacham, Pulitzer prize-winning author of "American Lion, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power," presented "Jefferson in...

Mike McGrann, formerly marketing chief at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center, has changed jobs and is now working for the Hampton History Museum. Looks like he's brought his love of live music to his new post.
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Celebrated poet and author Nikki Giovanni helps to expand and enrich young minds in Blacksburg, where she's a professor of English at Virginia Tech. Still, she's not exactly cloistered in her mountain-top, ivory tower. She gets around.Giovanni, who grew...